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...mace are all you need for a raucous night at the Kong—but deep pockets? No, they haven’t made drinks any more expensive. Rather, you’ll need plenty of space to fill your britches with those colorful plastic animals that adorn the Kong’s signature spirit, the Scorpion Bowl. According to page 336 of this year’s Harvard Student Agencies Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard (read: one big, sometimes inaccurate advertisement, see page 9), you should stock up and “donate the little plastic animals...
...raincoats. Tia, in a silvery bolero thrown over a gray cotton tank and white pants, is finishing up a resort collection inspired by Lulamae Barnes, the poor Southern child bride who goes on to become Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Bouquets of spearmint from Fiona's garden adorn drafting tables, and the staff members' afternoon snack consists of cupcakes, iced expertly in shocking pink by Fiona's daughter Bella. It's hard to imagine how an ordinary Xiamen resident would react if he or she walked into the studio by accident...
...discreet is this steady creep toward Talibanism that it only hit me last week, after a visit to the beauty salon. Usually, framed photos of coiffed brides adorn the walls, but I arrived to find the coffee-colored walls blank, save a clinical advertisement for fungus-fighting nail polish. Authorities had raided the salon two weeks prior, declaring images of unveiled women illegal and demanding they be taken down. In Iran, women's hair salons are off limits to men anyway, so it makes little sense why photos of coiffed women should be banned in a room full of women...
...crowds clambering until 3 a.m. FOTIS A. KARAYANNOPOULOS, attorney Begin with a martini at the Hilton's panoramic Galaxy Bar, where you can watch a glorious Greek sunset. Move on to the Panathinaia open-air cinema to catch a vintage 1940s film and smell the jasmine flowers that adorn the cement wall. Then, take to the balcony of the Attikos restaurant for a great view and a scrumptious sofrito veal meal. Head for the trendy Gazi clubbing district for a final round of drinks and some late-night flirting and dancing. Should Tyche, goddess of Fortune, hitch you up with...
...looms large, reinforced by omnipresent reminders of a then-young country’s not-so-youthful indiscretions. One need only take a stroll through the aeronautics exhibit at the Deutsches Museum to experience the collective sense of shame. On placards bearing identifying names like Messerschmidt, swastikas prominently adorn tail wings. On the planes themselves, however, those haunting emblems have been effaced completely, painted over by a conscientious curatorial staff.When I first visited Germany a few years ago, someone pointed out the conspicuous absence of any symbols of nationalism. Having witnessed the profusion of stars and stripes...